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Historiography Consensus Historians The consensus view of History emerged in the United States in 1950 until its eventual dismiss in 1965 Consensus historians emerged in a time period when there were not many consensuses in the United States Novick pg333 The historians of the era knew of the turmoil and felt that they needed to focus their attention on what united America and not what brought the country down At this time there were three influential writers on consensus history These three writers were Richard Hofstadter Daniel Boorstin and Louis Hartz Each historical writer had a major influence on the respected subject of consensus history and the involvement they had made consensus history a subject still looked upon today Sternsher pg1 From the year 1944 to 1970 Richard Hofstadter enriched the historical world with his writings In 1948 Hofstadter joined the faculty at Columbia University Here Hofstadter published The American Political Traditions and the Men who made it Many regard this book as the start of the consensus school of historical writing Much of this book was a look into brief political biographies on presidents but the way that it was presented was very different Hofstadter made some points in the introduction that points in the direction of consensus history Hofstadter states that it is of the need for a reinterpretation of our political traditions which emphasizes the common climate of American opinion the existences of which had been much obscured by the tendency to place political conflict in the foreground Kraus Joyce Pg314 After The American Political Tradition and the Men who made it Hofstadter went on to publish a book on Turner Beard and Parrington Hofstadter recognizes the personal contributions that Turner Beard and Parrington had to offer to the field of History but Hofstadter felt that there was much controversy in their writings As a consensus writer Hofstadter found that Turner Beard and Parrington spent more time writing on economic and

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